1941 BSA No4 Mk1

[krinko]

Not the pretty guard rifle. Not sporting a glistening FTR...and she has the biggest buttstock repair I have ever seen.
Still one of my favorite No4 rifles.
Matching, bright bore, all that kind of thing.
The slab-sided cocking piece has got to be later than 1941, but it works well with the trigger, so on it stays.
The serial number "A 2111" means this would be rifle 12110, or thereabouts so it's possible this one was actually delivered in 1941.
She's wearing the 1941 dated leather.....ummmmm, nice.
-----krinko

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[skeet1]

There is just somthing that keeps my intrest in No.4's even those that are less than pristine. I like the sights, the barrel lenght, and the overall design, very useful for war time conditions. When I see one it makes me wonder who it was that used it last and what it's history is.

Skeet1

[limpetmine]

Krinko, you have a history of photography and a good eye, so how about some of this rifle?

[spinecracker]

So I am not the only one who likes dings and dents (except on myself, of course ). I must admit that I was amused by a seller comment on GB a short while ago when he stated that the L.E. he was selling had signs of battle damage on the stock - it didn't look blown to pieces in the photo....

[krinko]

Limpetmine---this post had photos when it first went up in March. Photos were deleted in July, when I used up my allowance and had to purge the file.
Here they are again, from the Picturetrail account.







Note the thick front band---usually found on Savage rifles, this one is C.E.Welstead aka S126.



-----krinko

[bradtx]

krinko, Yours is about 700 rifles later than mine, but mine was sporterized at Santa Fe, gloomy yes, but it's a family heirloom, grandfather, father, son and one waiting. It started my L-E interest.

I'll bet yours has an interesting history.

Brad

[bearhunter]

I've got several of those leather slings with WWII dates. I was under the impression that they were made for the Pattern 14 rifles in the UK.

[jona]

They are called Pattern of 1914 slings, but that has to do when they were introduced, not for which rifle they were to be used on. Generally, web slings went to combat units, and leather slings went to rear guard/ home guard units, no matter which rifle they had.